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in north carolina mitt romney has a 2-point lead. this is again today's polls. he is also ahead in florida, but by actually less than a point. as for the president, he is ahead in these seven swing states but extremely small margins. as you can see, no more than three points in any of these states, all within the margin of error, but the momentum actually seems to be moving in the president's direction. let's take a look at virginia. we're seeing a trend there that is interesting, and playing out in several swing states. the president was up early, right? this was the 47% video, and he did well -- he was doing well at that point, but romney made his big jump after that first debate, and that's where we crossed, but now you see that romney is coming back down and the president is actually retaking the lead after that. so the good news is that there does seem to be a shift in that momentum. now, what -- the next version of this is, so that the president has -- after he has gained the lead, we know we have got more than just trend lines to go on. we have early voti
in north carolina mitt romney has a 2-point lead. this is again today's polls. he is also ahead in florida, but by actually less than a point. as for the president, he is ahead in these seven swing states but extremely small margins. as you can see, no more than three points in any of these states, all within the margin of error, but the momentum actually seems to be moving in the president's direction. let's take a look at virginia. we're seeing a trend there that is interesting, and playing...
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the poll has even better news for president obama. it gives him 50% to mitt romney's 46%. when it comes to early voting, this is amazing. 60% of coloradoans have already cast their ballots. they estimate of those early voters president obama has captured 51% of the vote to mitt romney's 43%. so for the latest on the ground from colorado, we're going to go to denver, and "the war room"'s" own sheetal l dhir. she's on assignment there in denver. sheetal, thanks for joining us. >> hi. >> jennifer: tell us a little bit what you're seeing on the ground. first of all how important is colorado to the obama and romney campaigns, can you tell from being there? >> yes absolutely. you can tell that both the obama and romney campaigns are just pouring money into this state. every time you turn on the radio, you hear one of their voices. every time you turn on a television, there is an ad. it's insane. there are signs everywhere, and people are energic and excited about the campaigns. >> jennifer: are the folks that you're meeting are they aware of how special they are how vital their
the poll has even better news for president obama. it gives him 50% to mitt romney's 46%. when it comes to early voting, this is amazing. 60% of coloradoans have already cast their ballots. they estimate of those early voters president obama has captured 51% of the vote to mitt romney's 43%. so for the latest on the ground from colorado, we're going to go to denver, and "the war room"'s" own sheetal l dhir. she's on assignment there in denver. sheetal, thanks for joining us....
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the latest real clear politics poll average has mitt romney beating president obama in florida 49 to 46.6%. in palm beach county the same county that caused people to accidentally vote for pat buchanan. we have reports that election officials there actually screwed up again. i'm joined by chris lahan who was the spokesman for vice president gore's 2000 campaign. thanks for coming inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: so if they are messing up on the ballots, i'm sure it must be so embarrassing. >> yeah. in my view the election was effectively stolen, and now you are 12 years later in the exact same place having questions again. there are a large number of them who are jewish americans. some of them have been survivors of the holocaust, who tried to vote for al gore and then they couldn't have their votes put back to how they originally intended. so to be back in the same situation is a pretty good development. >> jennifer: absolutely. we were talking earlier in the show about the issue of legitimacy, and if the president ends up winning the electoral college vo
the latest real clear politics poll average has mitt romney beating president obama in florida 49 to 46.6%. in palm beach county the same county that caused people to accidentally vote for pat buchanan. we have reports that election officials there actually screwed up again. i'm joined by chris lahan who was the spokesman for vice president gore's 2000 campaign. thanks for coming inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: so if they are messing up on the...
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. >> jennifer: speaking of red meat david so we've got all of the polls this barrage of polls that shows this momentum in favor of the president. and the romney team seems to be throwing up stuff like crazy in wild states like in minnesota which is as blue as can be. >> what's really going on is they're still trying to get wisconsin and wisconsin really is in play. those media markets in minnesota cover part of wisconsin but while they're at it, they're going to -- they're going to say we're going for minnesota and make people excited about it. but they're not going to win. >> jennifer: joe interesting to me, you had colin powell ad go up today. i want to play a little bit for our viewers. >> housing is starting to pick up. the president saved the auto industry. and the actions he's taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. and so i think we ought to keep on the track that we're on. >> jennifer: so before i ask you about the track we're on, you know, he puts up this ad by a former republican. you have another former republican endorsing him today whic
. >> jennifer: speaking of red meat david so we've got all of the polls this barrage of polls that shows this momentum in favor of the president. and the romney team seems to be throwing up stuff like crazy in wild states like in minnesota which is as blue as can be. >> what's really going on is they're still trying to get wisconsin and wisconsin really is in play. those media markets in minnesota cover part of wisconsin but while they're at it, they're going to -- they're going to...
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romney was up as recently as this weekend. and a week ago republicans had a significant advantage in mail in ballots. but when early voting started last week there were lines around the block. >> we cut the typical advantage the republicans have by about 85% going into saturday the start of early vote. over 48 hours, we blew the doors off of early voting in 48 hours and took the advantage that republicans had and eliminated it. six days of early voting gone. >> jennifer: that is such great news. and as of today here is where early voting stands in florida. democrats make up 43% of all early voters so far. republicans make up 41%. big improve. now remember, early voting started on saturday, obviously today is wednesday, so they have had four full days of early voting. and today there was a leaked memo which shows how concerned the republicaned are about all of this. a local news station uncovered the memo and it says this, quote . . . sweeter words were never spoken. joining me now to talk about the democratic round game in flo
romney was up as recently as this weekend. and a week ago republicans had a significant advantage in mail in ballots. but when early voting started last week there were lines around the block. >> we cut the typical advantage the republicans have by about 85% going into saturday the start of early vote. over 48 hours, we blew the doors off of early voting in 48 hours and took the advantage that republicans had and eliminated it. six days of early voting gone. >> jennifer: that is...
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mitt romney has. he's leading and he will win. >> eliot: this election will turn on the jobs number on friday. if unemployment rate jumps above eight does the president have a problem. >> i don't think the president has a president. i don't think it will be a landslide. it will be close but he will win. >> eliot: quickly. >> he's clear on that j if the unemployment rate jumps up, is that what romney needs. >> no, whether it's 7.7 7.8 the american public is convinceed that president obama has not done the job that he needs to do. mitt romney will step in. they won't care about those numbers. they're in the vicinity where they are. and the election has already been decided for mitt romney. >> eliot: i think the job numbers do matter, and i think the president has made his case over the last four years. tina dupuy and boris epshteny, contributor to the daily caller and former communication aide to the mccain-palin campaign.
mitt romney has. he's leading and he will win. >> eliot: this election will turn on the jobs number on friday. if unemployment rate jumps above eight does the president have a problem. >> i don't think the president has a president. i don't think it will be a landslide. it will be close but he will win. >> eliot: quickly. >> he's clear on that j if the unemployment rate jumps up, is that what romney needs. >> no, whether it's 7.7 7.8 the american public is...